How much revenue did Guardians of Hyelore make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Guardians of Hyelore sell?

Q: How many copies did Guardians of Hyelore sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 60 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut; from 60 reviews (Mixed)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Guardians of Hyelore and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Guardians of Hyelore's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 213k–936k

best case 1.7M (Foxhole)

Games like Guardians of Hyelore

A typical game among these

≈ 213k–936k copies

≈ $2.0M–$7.2M after Steam's cut

from ~11k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Military (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Foxhole at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $10.9M–$29.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 11k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 24k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Military (4 of 8) and RTS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Wargame + Military, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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RUNNING WITH RIFLES 2015	Est. copies ≈ 819k–1.3M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$14.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Top-Down ShooterAction
Foxhole 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.9M–$29.2M after Steam's cut $19.8M–$45.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	53k reviews Mostly Positive	Massively MultiplayerWargame
UBOAT 2024	Est. copies ≈ 678k–1.1M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$15.0M after Steam's cut $10.2M–$23.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	27k reviews Very Positive	SimulationWorld War II
Bad North: Jotunn Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 436k–709k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	14k reviews Very Positive	WargameVikings
Medieval Kingdom Wars 2019	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $310k–$834k after Steam's cut $564k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Grand StrategyRTS
Animal Revolt Battle Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 170k–277k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $703k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieSandbox
Steel Division: Normandy 44 2017	Est. copies ≈ 217k–353k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	World War IIStrategy
Last Train Home 2023	Est. copies ≈ 138k–224k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	6k reviews Very Positive	StrategyReal Time Tactics